Liquid-dispenser.



No. 873,306. PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907.

' J PITZPATRIUK LIQUID DISPENSER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1906.

O NEY m2 NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, I: c.

JAMES FITZPATRIOK, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

LIQUID-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed January 29. 1906. Serial No. 298,326.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES FITZPATRICK, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Peekskill, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Liquid-Dispenser, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the dispensing of beverages in bottles, jugs and like vessels, and has for its object the construction of such vessels in a manner to admit of drawing any quantity from them without impairing what remains. The object is attained by the means set forth in these specifications and the accompanying drawings, in which like letters anddigits refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a jug provided with a siphon-head and aninlet to the jug additional tothe regular mouth of the .jug. Fig. 2 represents a screw-threaded connection fixed in the inlet. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the arrangement of a valve in the threaded inlet. I Fig. 4 shows the threaded inlet provided with a protecting cap. Fig.

5 is a view partly in cross-section showing a pump-tube connection made with the threaded inlet. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the inlet made flush with the surface of the jug. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of both outlet and inlet of the jug showing connections therewith.

While this invention is herein shown in connection with a jug of earthen-ware, it is to be understood that it may be added to a jug, bottle, or any form of vessel with a reduced main outlet that may be provided with a siphon-head, and the vessel may be of earthen- Ware, porcelain, glass, metal, or any other suitable material.

The jug may be made of any desired shape and plain or fancy, and besides the regular outlet it is provided with an inlet preferably near the neck of the jug, as at '6 Fig. 1. A

siphon-head s is attached to the neck 6 in 1 the manner commonly employed for siphon heads. This inlet may be laced on any part of the jug, on the side of t e main outlet, or on the side of the jug; but for convenience in manufacture, for general manipulation, and for the best osition for the valve, it is shown on the top 0 the jug. The surface of the inlet may conform to a sloping to as in Figs. 1", 2, 3, 6, or it may be made horizontal without reference to the shape of the top as in Fig. 4. Instead of a projecting neck it may receive a valve body m, shown in all the figures. The neck (2 is made larger in diameter than the valve-body, having a s ace around the body that may be filled wit a packing as 1", Figs. 3, 5,6,7. rubber, and the rubber may be vulcanized to the valve-body, or the packing may be of cement. The inner surface of the neck may be recessed as at y, Figs. 3, 7', when rubber packing is employed, or it may have plain walls, as in Fig. 6, for some kinds of cement.

The opening through the neck e may be an equal diameter at its inner and outer edges, as in Fig. 3, or it may have a partial closure at the bottom, as in Figs. 6, 7. The neck may be chambered to secure the packing, as

at y, Figs. 3 and 7. The valve body m may be of metal or other suitable material. Its outer end is threaded both externally and internally. The outer thread t is for the protectingcap n, Figs. 1, 4., 6, 7, and the inner thread a for the attachment of a pump. The valve stem 41, Fig. 3, has a valve 12 on its inner end, and a head It on its outer end, with a spring Z bearing between the head It and the bearing for the valve stem, to keep the valve normally closed.

In Fig. 3 the packing 1' is supposed to be of rubber, and it is made to cover the end of the valve-body, as at p, and is provided with only a small outlet 0 from the valve chamher 0. To prevent the valve from closing a, when the valve is depressed, the under part of the valve is made with an irregular surface as shown. The object of thus covering the valve-body is to prevent contact of the contents of the vessel with the metal of the valve, when the valve is of metal.

Figs. 6 and 7 show the inlet to have flanged bottoms. In Fig. 6 the opening (1 in the bottom 0 is small, so asto exclude the contents of the bottle from contact with either the valve-body or its packing as much as possible. In Fig. 7 the opening admits a tubehead j, and the flangeso serve as a bottom This packing may be of Fig. 7 shows a section of a jug, illustrating the usual mode of attaching a siphon-head. A split nut g fits around the neck e, under the rim 6, and the head 8 is screwed upon the nut, securing the siphon-head to the vessel, and clamping between the head and the rim 6 a flange 4 which is secured to the tube f, and a packing 5.

In Fig. 5 1 represents the tube of an air pump, that may be such as is used to inflate rubber tires, united to the inlet, the nozzle 2 screwing into the valve-body, a packing 3 serving to make a tight joint.

WVhen a jug thus fitted with the siphonhead and the valved inlet is filled with a fluid, even water, by means of a pump as described, a pressure may be raised. within the jug so that the fluid may be drawn through the siphon.

The vessel may be made without a handle, or with a handle as shown in Fig. 1. WVhile a particular form of valve has been shown and described, there is a variety of such valves available, and any valve that will serve the purpose set forth may be employed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A jug or bottle provided with an outlet and an inlet, the outlet made to receive a siphon head, the inlet having its bottom partly closed.

2. A jug or bottle provided with an outlet and an inlet, the outlet made to receive a siphon head, the inlet provide il with a recess in its inner walls.

3. A jug or bottle provided with an outlet and an inlet, the outlet made to receive a siphon head, the inlet recessed in its inner walls and having its bottom partly closed.

4. The combination in a jug or bottle having its outlet provided. with a siphon head, of an inlet to the vessel provided. with a valve having means for the attachment of a pump thereto, and, packing between the walls of the inlet and the valve body.

5. The combination in a jug 'or bottle provided with an outlet and an inlet, a siphon head on the outlet, a valve body containing valve and having means for connecting z I J AMES FIT iPA'l l .1 (1K.

Witnesses EDWARD E. ALLEY, FLOYD F. POWELL. 

